Kazimierz Nycz
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His Eminence Kazimierz Nycz |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Warsaw | |
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| Archdiocese | Warsaw |
| Province | Warsaw |
| Metropolis | Warsaw |
| See | Warsaw |
| Appointed | 3 March 2007 |
| Installed | 1 April 2007 |
| Predecessor | Stanisław Wielgus |
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| Ordination | 20 May 1973 by Julian Groblicki |
| Consecration | 4 June 1988 by Franciszek Macharski |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Kazimierz Nycz |
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1 February 1950 Stara Wieś, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Ex Hominibus, pro Hominibus (From the people, for the people) |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Kazimierz Nycz (born 1 February 1950) is a Polish prelate, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Warsaw, having previously served as Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Nycz to the status of Cardinal in the consistory of 20 November 2010.
Kazimierz Nycz was born in Stara Wieś. Nycz was educated at the primary school in Stara Wieś; Lyceum of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Czechowice-Dziedzice where he graduated in 1967; he then entered the Major Seminary of Kraków. He received the diaconate from Cardinal Karol Wojtyła on 8 May 1972, and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 May 1973 by Bishop Julian Groblicki.
In 1976, he obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Theology of Papieska Akademia Teologiczna (Pontifical Academy of Theology), of Kraków; then, in 1977, he started his doctoral studies at the Catholic University of Lublin, where in 1981, he earned a doctorate in catechetical studies (dissertation: "Implementation of catechetical renewal of the Second Vatican Council in the Archdiocese of Kraków".
From 1973 to 1975 he was a vicar in a parish of Saint Elisabeth in Jaworzno. On 14 May 1988, Nycz was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków and Titular Bishop of Villa Regis. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 4 June from Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, with Archbishops Jerzy Ablewicz and Stanisław Nowak serving as co-consecrators.
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